So there's this neat little mural painted on the side of a building near downtown in Columbus. I've driven past it a few times, and I have to admit it's a pretty neat little bit of street art:



Well, a few days ago it got some slight modifications:



In case you're wondering, that black square is covering the word "niggers." Here's the full article I lifted that pic from.

We've been having quite a bit of this lately. Only a few days before that the African-American Studies building at OSU got tagged with "Long live Zimmerman!" and a few days before that some lady got her garage covered in racial slurs.

Once upon a time, I wouldn't read too much into this kind of thing. I'd figure that it probably was just a handful of assholes who think they're geniuses because they can hold a spray can and draw swastikas with it.

Problem is, I know the national context. This does not feel like some random guy doing his own thing. This feels like all the ugliness that gets broadcast through our airwaves and our internet transitioning from word to deed.

And I have no idea how we stop it.